Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Buddy Knox Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Who I Am To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt* Lucas Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Matt* Lucas Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Nelson* Riddle Butchart Gardens British Columbia Suite
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Crawling Kingsnake Fear Itself
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Zambonis* Leave Your Stink at the Rink To Bleed Black and Gold

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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